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Were nearly into a new decade and its a good idea to think about which shares are going to do well for years into the future and base our investment decisions on that long-term thinking.

Its impossible to know what share is going to do well next week or next month, all we can do is judge what is a good share price to buy at.

Were nearly into a new decade and its a good idea to think about which shares are going to do well for years into the future and base our investment decisions on that long-term thinking.

Its impossible to know what share is going to do well next week or next month, all we can do is judge what is a good share price to buy at.

When you think of investments in terms of years its much easier to get a grip on where the earnings are headed and where the share price is probably going to go. Its also good when you can find businesses themselves that are thinking long-term.

These three shares are ones Id want to buy for their high chance of dominance in the 2020s:

Altium is aiming to become the dominate provider of electronic PCB design software. Its offering is mission critical for various organisations to design their products or machinery to work effectively.

Management of Altium are aiming to dominate the PCB software industry like Microsoft changed and dominated the Office software space. Thats why the company is aiming for 100,000 Altium Designer subscribers over the next five years which should help generate US$500 million of revenue.

The great thing about a business like Altium is that as its revenue grows it costs dont grow as fast, leading to growing profit margins and increasing profits.

Altium is also aiming to keep its balance sheet debt free whilst growing dividends for shareholders. Its a great business for a number of reasons.

If there has been one business on the ASX that has shown what brand power can do, its A2 Milk. It has created a powerful image in the publics mind as being higher-quality than its competitors, which allows it to charge higher prices and generate higher returns.

It has become a huge player in Australia and now its got its eyes set on the US and further growth in China. Then theres every other country that A2 Milk isnt currently being sold in.

I think that A2 Milk has a very long growth runway, despite its years of growth already. New products and new countries could mean that A2 Milk is one of the best non-tech ASX shares to buy today for the long-term.

You wouldnt think that a building products business could produce large returns, but its generating long-term consistent growth which makes excellent compounding returns.

Its industrial property trust continues to grow in value whilst also seeing rising rental profit. Its investment in Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL) continues to deliver rising earnings and dividends.

What Im most excited about is Brickworks US expansion America is a huge market and Brickworks has rapidly built a market-leading position in the north east of the country.

Brickworks should also benefit in the shorter-term as Australias construction cycle swings back to good times again.

I think each of these businesses are on track to deliver excellent returns in the 2020s. Brickworks could deliver the most dependable returns because of its diverse divisions, but I think if things go Altiums way it will generate the largest returns because of the rapid growth of the technology and its growing profit margins.

If youre after some more market-beating ideas Id definitely want these top stocks in my portfolio.

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POLICE released CCTV footage of a missing man whose body was found in Barrow on Sunday.

Jason Goldrick went missing from Blackpool Victoria Hospital on the night of 1 November.

CCTV placed him on Breck Road in Poulton at around 3.50am on November 2. This wasthe last confirmed sighting of Jason.

Police say that on the night he was last seen, Jason's appearance was "unusual" - he was wearing wet, muddy clothing with a prominent cut over his right eye.

Officers conducted extensive searches in and around the Blackpool Victoria Hospital area, as well as at a property in Park Road where Mr Goldrick lived, as part of the inquiry.

Det Ch Insp Pauline Stables, of Lancashire Polices Force Major Investigation Team, said at the time of his disappearance: "Jasons family has been left devastated by his disappearance.

"They just want to find him any piece of information, however seemingly insignificant, could be crucial to locating him.

"We know he has previously used outbuildings as a place to stay and we would urge people to check sheds and garages in case he has sought shelter."

The 50-year-old's body was recovered near Roa Island inBarrow, Cumbria, with police describing his death as "unexplained".

Emergency services converged near the lifeboat station on Roa Island just before 2pm on Sunday.

At least three police cars were on the scene, joined by Crime Scene Investigation officers and paramedics.

Furness Coastguard confirmed they were called out just before 2pm. A lifeboat crew was ready to go but later stood down.

One Roa Island resident watched the incident unfold after spotting the police turn up just before 2pm.

Its awful especially at this time of year... we have had a few similar incidents over the years, he said.

A couple who live nearby said they thought someone had spotted the body far out to sea from a boat.

Last month a 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and later released under investigation.

A spokeswoman for Lancashire Police said: "Mr Goldrick's family have been informed and our thoughts are with them at this time."

A post-mortem examination will take place over the next few days, the force added.

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VIDEO: Final moments of man whose body was found in the sea at Barrow - NW Evening Mail

A BODY was recovered from the water off the coast of Roa Island.

Emergency services converged near the lifeboat station on Roa Island just before 2pm yesterday.

At least three police cars were on the scene, joined Crime Scene Investigation officers and paramedics.

Furness Coastguard confirmed they were called out just before 2pm. A lifeboat crew was ready to go but later stood down.

One Roa Island resident watched the incident unfold after spotting the police turn up just before 2pm.

Its awful especially at this time of year... we have had a few similar incidents over the years, he said.

A couple who live nearby said they thought someone had spotted the body far out to sea from a boat.

It was quite far out to sea, so I dont think they would have been local, one of them said.

We see the lifeboat going out quite a lot. Its just a dead body.

They said police had told them the body was of a man.

A Furness Coastguard spokesman said: The teams thoughts are with those affected by todays incident.

Emergency services left the scene at around 2.30pm.

Further details about the death have not been released at this time.

Readers on Facebook offered their condolences.

Debbie Napier said: Bad news at any time but worse still at this time of the year.

Thoughts are with the family and friends.

Karen Blezard said: Saw all the emergency services heading that way, such a shame.

Susan Kent said: Its sad at any time but at this time of year there is extra poignancy.

The last time a body was found in the area was in January 2018.

A 48-year-old man from Lancashire was found two days after he had gone missing from his home in Heysham.

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Turkish President Recep TayyipErdoansaid Sunday that violence in Syrias Idlib region threatens to cause another Syrian refugee crisis akin to the one that began in 2015, according to Reuters.

Speaking in Istanbul Sunday, Erdoan said Russian and Syrian offensives in the region had driven more than 80,000 people toward Turkey. He added that Ankara was trying to the best of its possible to bring an end to the bombings, saying a Turkish delegation would travel to Moscow to discuss the issue Monday.

Unless Europe takes steps to stop the violence in the region, Erdoan added, the continent was likely to see an influx of refugees fleeing the war zone similar to 2015s, according to the news service.

Turkey invaded northeastern Syria following the U.S. departure from the region in October, with Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinFormer pro golfer advanced business interests of indicted Giuliani associates: report Trump faces pivotal year with Russia on arms control Repeat of 2015 migrant crisis inevitable without action: Turkish president MORE reaching a new arrangement to demilitarize northern Syria by the end of the month.

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Swedens right-wing Sweden Democrats are now neck and neck with the ruling Social Democrats in opinion polls. Though vilified and demonized, the partys success represents a complete failure of liberalism in the face of reality.

The Sweden Democrats - who were until recently dismissed as a fringe, racist party - are now surging in the polls. A voter survey, commissioned by the Dagens Nyheter newspaper last week, puts the party within 0.2 percentage points of Prime Minister Stefan Lofvens left-wing Social Democrats. Moreover, voters now agree with the partys policies on nine out of nine issues.

On immigration, 43 percent of voters side with the party and its leader, Jimmie Akesson. Only 15 percent favor Lofvens policies. Likewise, 31 percent favor Akessons position on law and order, compared to 19 percent for Lofven.

The press has not made Akessons ride to the top easy. Yet, most outlets have failed to dig up dirt on the 40-year-old politician, who like Frances Marine Le Pen, has made a point of distancing his party from its extreme-right roots and presenting a clean-cut image.

Akesson was rounded in the media for admitting to an online gambling addiction several years ago, but voters evidently didnt mind. Akessons past comments about homosexual parents were dug up by author Jonas Gardell for a much-publicized op-ed two weeks ago, readers gave him their vote a week later regardless. Do-gooding musician Bono even made a spectacle of comparing Akesson to Hitler before last years elections, to no avail.

Its not difficult to find the real reason for Akessons popularity. Sweden is in the throes of a crime wave. Murder, assault, rape, threats, and harassment have all skyrocketed since 2015, according to the countrys Crime Prevention Council. Sexual offenses in particular have tripled in the last four years, while murder and manslaughter have more than doubled.

Furthermore, Sweden has emerged as the hand grenade attack capital of Europe. In 2018 there were 162 bombings reported to police, and 93 reported in the first five months of this year, 30 more than during the same period in 2018. The level of attacks is extreme in a country that is not at war, Crime Commissioner Gunnar Appelgren told SVT last year.

A 2017 investigation found that immigrants, the majority of them from the Middle East and North Africa, were behind 90 percent of shootings in Sweden. Meanwhile, the countrys police force has identified 50 immigrant-heavy neighborhoods as vulnerable - a term many have taken to mean no-go zones.

The Sweden Democrats reject multiculturalism, and have proposed a tightening of immigration law and a return of refugees to their home countries. The party has advocated life without parole for serious offenses, and the deportation of foreigners found guilty of serious crimes.

Many of us remember another Sweden, Akesson wrote in an op-ed last month. An everyday life where crime was there but not so close. Crime that was not as crude and ruthless as what we see today.

Akessons paean to the past has been criticized as the typical nostalgia of nationalism, but in its place, Lofven has only offered denial, blaming segregation, poverty and unemployment for the crime in Swedens ghettos.

The segregation is because there is...too high unemployment in these areas. But that would have been the same regardless of who had lived there. If you put people born in Sweden under the same conditions, you get the same result he said in an interview with SVT last month.

However, unemployment has fallen as shootings have risen. Even if unemployment alone is to blame for violence, Lofven did not mention the fact that the unemployment rate among migrants in Sweden is triple the national average, while 90 percent of refugees who arrived since the 2015 migrant crisis are unemployed.

Instead, his government has engaged in across-the-board denialism. The taxpayer-funded Swedish Institute puts out videos downplaying the crime problem and literally telling critics on Twitter that nothing has happened here in Sweden. The institute has also created an Arabic-language advertising campaign inviting prospective migrants in with promises of generous welfare benefits.

Lofven publicly denied the existence of no-go zones in a statement given at the White House last year. But when crime statistics tell a different story, the Ministry of Justice has a plan for that too: suppress politically sensitive information, meddle with figures, and ignore embarrassing results.

Lofvens liberalism may have resonated with voters when he came to power in 2014. But the migrant crisis and subsequent crime wave that followed a year later proved its undoing, as the country was repaid for its humanitarianism in blood and a drain on welfare. A quick google search reveals hundreds of articles that pose questions like Why is Sweden shifting to the right?

The answer to that question is simple. Liberalism has clashed with reality, and lost.

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